Guide of Antequera
Why should we Visit Antequera? Antequera, the ancient Roman Antikira is a chest that closes on itself to save a heritage filled with jewels of diverse eras and epochs.
Starting from time immemorial in which men did not exist but was already formed the spectacular Torcal, to the time that the first inhabitants of the region were seeking divinity erecting dolmens that dot the city, passing by the Arabs who built castles defense before some Christians Avengers, the citadel and an extraordinary exaltation of the Christian religion, which is seen in the many churches and convents of the city.
In this Guide, I will take you through some of the unique sights of this beautiful city.
The karst park of the Torcal. Let's start talking about one of the most impressive landscapes of Spain, a place that looks like something out of another planet, I'm talking about the Torcal de Antequera. El Torcal is one of the largest karst rock scenery in Europe, the natural action of wind and water have characterized this area with rock formations that make implausible and incredible imagination.
El Torcal is an outdoor museum of modern art, in which we highlight formations have been named populamente and visits the place where you should look, the hat, which is a big column with a superior piece very wide, so the die square holes and others like binoculars, the coffin or chalice. Worth mentioning the figure of the screw has a strange way of screw and that is the image of karst park.
The Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Maggiore Another interesting element of the city is its beautiful churches, Antequera was one of the most important cities of the Arab world in decay iberico taifas and its conquest was taken very seriously by the Christian kings to the point of giving the guy nickname the king, the ruler Ferdinand the Antequera. After conquering the city experienced strong waves in construction of churches and monasteries by different religious orders and today is the city with the highest density of religious monuments in Spain.
Among the various monuments, we must emphasize the collegiate. The Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, dating from 1514 is a transitional work between the late Gothic and Renaissance and Renaissance first temple in Andalusia. The Collegiate Church of San Sebastian was built only 35 years later in 1548 and is also is a conglomeration of styles as the remodeling that has suffered so, the Renaissance faรงade Plateresque bell tower that was built after is Baroque and interior was remodeled in last place is neoclassical.
Antequera's Churchs Antequera was one of the most important religious cities of Spain and this is reflected in almost every monastery had its clerical order in the city and some even more. Among those that can be seen to this day can highlight up to 13 convents. In which we highlight the best known, the Mother of God Convent Monteagudo eighteenth century has an interesting interior style with great dynamism of light curves thanks to its vaults and one of the most interesting baroque towers of the city.
Also of note is the first convent of the city was the Royal Monastery of San Zoilo gothic, declared National Monument and founded by the Catholic Monarchs in 1500 and now houses a library. http://turismo.antequera.es/en/place/real-monasterio-de-san-zoilo/
It is also interesting to note the convent of the Magdalene(cupcake), the dream of a hermit, a debtor in the sixteenth century, who was entrusted to the Virgin of the Magdalene and that dream a church that eventually became one of the convents of the most importants of the city. To this day it is possible to visit it inside because it was renovated to a hotel.
http://turismo.antequera.es/en/place/real-monasterio-de-san-zoilo/
History Museum of Antequera. Also of note is that the remains of the city's history are in the Municipal Museum of Antequera. The Museum is located in one of the most interesting buildings antequera Nรกjera Palace, The stately mansion Slavic family, who built it in the first third of the eighteenth century.
Here it is one of the best archaeological objects found in Spain, The Antequera Efebo dating from Roman rule in the area in the first century and a bronze statue called "Antiocheia on Orontes" dating from the second century.
http://turismo.antequera.es/en/place/palacio-de-n%C3%A1jera-museomunicipal/
Neolithic Dolmens in Antequera Another elements that can not fail to recognize are the interesting neolithic heritage of the area , the dolmens or tombs with more than 5500 years. Foremost is the Dolmen of Menga, a space that is at the entrance of Antequera from Malaga and comprising a cover gallery almost rectangular built by seven large stones that weigh about 180 tons.
He assumed an age of 4500 years in age copper. Other interesting dolmens are the
Dolmen de Viera, aligned with the winter solstice and the ancient dolmen Romeral over 5800 years. Antequera is one of the major tourist routes of Andalusia as Washington Irving route, the route that the American writer, Washington Irving, as a modern Marco Polo andalucia documented the eighteenth century to the English-speaking world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen_of_Menga
Golf in Antequera. Not everything is going to be history, among the tourist attractions of the city we highlight the golf courses that are available and a reference in the Spanish golfing landscape. I hope I have given enough reasons for that, if you're in Spain, you plantees one visit to this beautiful city. http://www.golfantequera.com/
Lodging in Antequera We can enjoy diffenrents of Lodging in Antequera like those ones.
Hotel La Magdalena in Antequera La Magdalena 5 stars hotel in Antequera This is a historic building in the emblematic city of Antequera, is a sixteenth century convent that after years of use it was abandoned. However, it was renovated in 2009 to offer one of the best hotels in Andalusia, with a rating of 5 stars.
Hotel Antequera 4 Star Hotel with spa and many others advantages like a next golf course. Hotel in Antequera
Hotel Toril A Small Hotel in the center of the town. http://www.hoteltoril.com/
We Wait for your visit soon ¡¡¡